Outdoors

MADISON, Wis. — Lake Michigan boat anglers report catching good numbers of salmon and trout this summer and the state DNR has finished its first full year of implementing a new and enhanced stocking strategy to assure strong fish populations and fishing into the future, the agency said in a news …

Contact(s): Theresa Stabo, DNR exhibit coordinator, 608-577-6332 WILD ROSE, Wis. – Celebrate lake sturgeon, Wisconsin’s largest and longest-lived fish, and the people who have revered and protected this ancient species at an Aug. 10 unveiling of a new display at the Wild Rose State Fish Hatchery Education Center. The event …

By: Joanne M. Haas/Wis. DNR Bureau of Law Enforcement Welcome to Part Two of another edition of Warden Wire’s popular roundups of seasonal work performed by your DNR Conservation Warden Service. Following Part One and its rescues, hunts and more, Part Two focuses on patrol highlights. (Miss Part One? Here is the …

Contact(s): Lois Larson, Perrot State Park, 608-534-6409 or Paul Holtan, DNR Office of Communications, 608-267-7517 [EDITOR’S ADVISORY: A slideshow of historical Perrot State Park photos accompanies this news release on the DNR website.] TREMPEALEAU, Wis. — Nicholas Perrot, a French explorer and diplomat, was one of the first Europeans in …

Poynette, Wis. — For the first time in more than 20 years, southern Wisconsin target shooting enthusiasts will get a new, no-fee public shooting range on public land when the DNR opens the Columbia County Public Target Range on July 24. DNR Secretary Dan Meyer will cut the ribbon at …

Buck rubs always get us excited, but they can be misleading. When you’re looking for mature bucks on public land there are certain clues that buck rubs show, and John explains what he looks for on each one. Public & Pressured Land Deer Hunter with John Eberhart. Season 1. Episode …